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Chions: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Chions, the low plain south of Pordenone

Villotta and Taiedo are two of the hamlets of Chions, a municipality on the low plain of western Friuli south of Pordenone, near Azzano Decimo and San Vito al Tagliamento and not far from the border with the Veneto. It is flat farmland with maize and soya fields, vineyards, rows of trees and a dense network of ditches and channels, where the water table comes close to the surface.

Homes are mostly detached houses with gardens, alongside the old farm clusters of the hamlets. Many residents work for firms around Pordenone, and almost every journey needs a car. On this plain, ask whether the house has a basement or semi-basement room and whether there has ever been water coming in: with a high water table, cellars and below-ground rooms are the first weak point.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,054 residents in 2023, down 2.6% on 2011. The average age is 45.5, against 46.6 in the province, over-65s make up 23.0% and foreign residents 9.7%. Households have 2.46 people on average.

The province of Pordenone has very different seismic zones between the mountains and the plain: 13 municipalities are in zone 1, 27 in zone 2 and 10 in zone 3, Chions among them, according to the Civil Protection Department. The expected ground acceleration is about 0.138 g. For houses built before the latest rules, it is still worth asking for the design and having the structure assessed.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report identifies the land parcel from the address. On a plain with this much water, flood hazard can depend on a few metres' distance from a channel or a dip in the ground, and the report checks it for the exact address.

Key points

  • Low plain south of Pordenone, high water table and many channels.
  • Detached houses, travel by car.
  • 5,054 residents, down 2.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.138 g.

Overview

Chions is a municipality in the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,054 residents, ranked 20 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chions is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 10 of 50 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.138 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chions declared an average taxable income of 24,158 euros, below the provincial average (25,584 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Chions is in climate zone E, with 2,665 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 16 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chions has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.7% of the land in Chions, compared with 8.5% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Chions is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia in 2024. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Chions. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chions: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Chions are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 53 inhabited census areas in Chions. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 42.1%
  • good 57.9%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 093013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.